Illustrated postcard "Rural Idyll with Swans"
Illustrated postcard "Rural Idyll with Swans"
Illustrated postcard "Rural Idyll with Swans"
Coloured illustrated postcard showing a young couple in Georgian dress resting on a riverbank. The young man is lying on the bank resting his head in one hand and holding a fishing rod in the other. He is looking at a young lady in a pink dress who is sitting on a low hanging tree branch. There is a river behind them on which three swans are swimming. There is a wood in autumn colours on the far bank. The card is addressed to Mrs E Pittam High Street Castlethorpe Stony Stratford Bucks and the message reads “14 Park Road Dear Sis just a P.C. so glad you got home safe and I hope you are not feeling any the worse for coming. I were so glad to see you; and the bab. we got back alright about 8 p.m…when we got to the (?) we met Jack. We were so sorry not to have seen you. Annie B sends her love to you. How did Ted like his fish and chips good bye (?) love from (?)”. The card is franked RICHMOND SURREY 6.45 PM OC 30 08.
Extent
1 postcard
Place
Richmond, Surrey
Reference number
FWW/006/221
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